Stories tagged: "rent relief"

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Housing Renters Are Struggling. The Biden Administration Introduced New Protections for Them This Week.

The Biden administration introduced several new efforts to protect renters, make renting more affordable, and to increase fairness in the rental market.

January 27, 2023 10:33 am EST Keya Vakil Keya Vakil
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Economy Here’s How to Get Rental Assistance in Florida

Some renters may not know where or how to ask for help. In other cases, landlords are not completing the request for the funds. As a result, many renters are left out in the cold. 

December 6, 2021 3:33 pm EST Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz
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Breaking Democrat Daniella Levine Cava Beats Steve Bovo To Become Miami-Dade County Mayor

The new mayor plans to take a more dedicated approach to battling the COVID-19 pandemic and empower entrepreneurs across the community by opening small business accelerators.

November 3, 2020 9:14 pm EST Giselle Balido Giselle Balido
Housing In this May 21, 2020, file photo, people from a support organization for immigrant and working class communities unfold banners, including one advocating rent cancelation, on a subway platform in the Queens borough of New York during a vigil memorializing people who died from coronavirus. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Housing Landlords Are Harassing and Threatening Tenants Who Are Struggling to Pay Rent During Coronavirus

The data and analytics real estate firm Amherst projects that 28 million renters, or about 22.5% of all households, are at risk of eviction.

June 15, 2020 12:08 pm EDT Associated Press Associated Press
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Coronavirus Trump—Who Is His Own Landlord—Might Get Financial Help for His D.C. Hotel From Himself

The Trump International Hotel is located in the Old Post office building, a federally owned property that effectively makes the Trump administration the hotel’s landlord.

April 22, 2020 2:35 pm EDT Keya Vakil Keya Vakil

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